HARDY SHRUBS AND TREES 169 



crimson, an elegant, fern-like spray which ia very use- 

 ful in cut flower work and in autumn turns to the 

 most vivid crimson imaginable. It does best when 

 protected from severe wind, from which it seems to 

 shrink, distorting its symmetrical growth. In good 

 rich soil a half dozen offshoots may appear the next 

 year after planting, and once one has become familiar 

 with its beauty all will be welcome. 



Another shrub or small tree with similar charac- 

 teristics is the Aralia spmosa or Hercules' club, as it 

 is commonly called. This also has the compound 

 leaves, somewhat resembling the black walnut, but of 

 gigantic proportions, between two and three feet in 

 length and ^uite as broad, giving the tree a most 

 tropical effect. It is very easily transplanted and a 

 few trees in a clump are exceedingly effective. Where 

 only a single shrub is wanted it is not at all difficult 

 to hold it in check by hoeing out the shoots as they 

 appear. 



The euonjnnus, or burning-bush, as it was known to 

 the Indians, propagates itself by the means of its 

 coral berries, which appear in quantities in late sum- 

 mer and fall and remain on the bush until winter. 

 One finds the volunteer plants appearing every spring 

 in places where one least expects them and can lift 

 and transplant them wherever desired. One which for 

 years has been a resident of my garden has a pedi- 

 gree dating back to early colonial days when its an- 



